Psalm 145
- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV, Common Worship Psalter, ASB Psalter, and BCP Psalter) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit:
- From Augustine's Exposition on the Psalms.
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- Chapter XI, Proslogium, Anselm of Canterbury, 1077-1078.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
- From Wesley's Notes.
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "Christian Conversation; Ps 145:11," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1900.
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- Commentary, Psalm 145:1-8, Henry Langknecht, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
- Commentary,
Psalm 145:8-9, 14-21, (Pentecost 7), Eric Mathis, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
- "Thomas Merton once stated 'Praise is cheap,' and it seems as though these words remain true today."
- Commentary, Psalm 145:8-14, Pentecost 3A, Scott Shauf,
Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
- "What is especially noteworthy about Psalm 145 is how the gracious character of God, initially revealed as a part of God's relationship to Israel, is then extended to all of creation."
- Commentary, Psalm 145:10-18, Pentecost 8B, Nancy deClaissé-Walford,
Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- "In our twenty-first century world, many people do not have the basic elements of safe habitation ? whether as a result of poverty, societal violence, disease, or outright neglect. We must, in God's name and as the hands and feet and heart of God, support those who are falling."
- Psalm 145:1-5, 17-21, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Pentecost 23C, Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
-
"Praying
Ashrei: Meditations on Psalm 145," article specially prepared for the web by Dr.
David R. Blumenthal, Professor of Judaic Studies, Emory University.
- "This psalm is important, then, because it contains the verse par excellence which speaks of God's grace to the world."
- "Listening in the Classroom," study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Schools in a Pluralist Culture" Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2009. Focus Article, "One Makes All the Difference," Virgil Gulker.
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Prayer in
Downtown, Psalm 145, Joel Smeby, Lutheran Community of Grace,
Hopkins, MN, 2010.
- "A righteous God who attends to all of creation for all time."
- "Style and Substance," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
- "Making Up Our Own Acrostic," Expository Essay, Psalm 145:1-13, Dr. William R. Long.
- Articles & Background:
-
"Yahweh
is Generous to All," Kosuke Koyama, The
Christian Century, 1989. At Religion Online.
- "Christ embraces human community fully aware of the tragic contradictions in it, and he does so through the symbols of bread broken and wine poured. The one who embraces the contradiction is broken. In the sacrament of the Last Supper the broken Christ embraces all things."
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"Yahweh
is Generous to All," Kosuke Koyama, The
Christian Century, 1989. At Religion Online.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS
for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Booij, Thijs, "Psalm 145: David's Song of Praise,"
Vetus Testamentum, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kimelman, Reuven, "Psalm 145: Theme,
Structure, and Impact," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1994.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Koyama, Kosuke, "'Yahweh is Generous
to All,'" The Christian Century, 1989.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Liebreich, Leon J.,
"Psalms 34 and 145 in the Light of their Key Words," Hebrew Union
College Annual, 1956.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Lindars, Barnabas,
"The Structure of Psalm CXLV," Vetus Testamentum, 1989.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Booij, Thijs, "Psalm 145: David's Song of Praise,"
Vetus Testamentum, 2008.
- Reviews:
- Sermons:
- With Children:
- "When the Time Is Right, You Provide Them with Food," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- Drama:
- Liturgy:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Psalm 145:1-2, Psalm 145:1-2, Psalm 145:3-4, Heartlight - Free Christian PowerPoint Backgrounds.
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Psalm 145. The Cyber Hymnal.
- Hymn Selections, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
- "Sing Praise to God," lyrics, midi, sheet music, mp3. Stephen J. Pearson, The Psalmistry. See Terms of Use.
- Psalm Settings by Dale A. Schoening, Metrical Psalms
- Psalm 145:1-8 set to Duke Street (LM)
- Psalm 145:1-5, 17-21 set to Duke Street (LM)
- Psalm 145:8-9, 14-21 set to Winchester (CM 86 86)
- Psalm 145:8-14 set to Azmon (CM 86 86)
- Psalm 145:10-18 set to Azmon (CM 86 86)
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
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